Food, what is it?

Freedman et al. 2012 report that coffee consumption of 2 to 3 cups of coffee daily reduce mortality by 10% in men and by 13% in women. This was valid for deaths due to heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, injuries and accidents, diabetes, and infections, but not for deaths due to cancer. [1]

Huang and Nowak-Wegrzyn report that some children with milk allergies may reduce allergic reactions when small quantities of milk and egg are present in baked foods. These children became able  to consume  milk at the end of the study. The authors caution, however, that not all children can cope with such strategy, they present allergy reactions further on. [1]

Ariel et al. 2012 found that iron Fe2+ absorption was not reduced by green tea, compared to a group with a diet without tea. The authors, however, noted that  the expression of salivary proteins decreased.  [1]

Dunford et al 2012 verified the salt levels in fast food of some international fast food chains, such as Burger King, Domino's Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and Subway in Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States during April 2010. [1]

The authors deplore substantial variation in the salt content of different food products, ranging from 0.5 g salt/100 g for salads to 1.6 g salt/100 g for chicken products.

According to a series of articles by Parkin et al 2011 published as a supplement of the British Journal of cancer, one third of all cancers are caused by tobacco, unhealthy diet, alcohol, and obesity. About 40% of all cancers are caused by things we mostly have the power to change say the authors. [1]

In a foreword Professor Sir Richard Peto writes that tobacco still remains the most important avoidable cause of cancer, responsible for almost 20% of all cases of cancer

The EU- Directive 1999/74 defines and specifies the standards for the protection of laying hens, defining the barn egg, the free range egg and the organic egg. [1]

A report published by the CDC on April 2012 is based on 58 biochemical indicators of diet and nutrition measured by the CDC, together with NHANES data collected from 1999 until 2006. The concentration of vitamins, fatty acids, trace elements, metabolites, isoflavones, lignans, and acrylamide hemoglobin adducts were measured in blood or urine of demographic subgroups. [1]

In October 2011 California adopted the Toxin-Free Infants and Toddlers Act. Ten other states had already restricted the use of BPA in food contact materials. The California forbids the use of bisphenol A  in bottle or cup which come in contact with food. Deadline is July 1, 2013. Detectable levels of BPA in these products may not exceed 0.1 part per billion (ppb). Canada and the European  Union banned bisphenol A in Baby bottles. [1]

Bee populations are on decline, such phenomena is known as Colony Collapse Disorder. Goulson et al.2012  believes that neonicotinoid  imidacloprid insecticides are linked to the decline as they occur at trace levels in the nectar and pollen of crop plants. [1]

Vetander et al. 2012 reviewed  medical records of a paediatric emergency department, in Stockholm County/Sweden, related to incidence of anaphylaxis